Hmmm... very suspicious that nothing is mentioned about the cargo she was carrying (OTL according to wiki, she "was in ballast at the time"). Must have been carrying something bad that the press is not allowed to know about. :)

Quoted I'm not sure whether its best to sim the launcher and missile magazine as a gun mount or just rely on misc weight. It was done more for the 2" barbette that would appear in the sim report than the gun mount itself, though it could easily be done with just the miscellaneous weights (and the 100 ton per launcher + rockets is probably more than enough). I just like it more this way. :) (also looking at the sim the way it is, it should be obvious that the launchers are superfiring the main g...

The Anano is a test platform for the Funryu 4 (‘Raging Dragon’) Ship Launched Antiaircraft Rocket and is based on the Ashida class design. The superfiring main gun turrets were removed from the Ashida design and replaced by the Raiun ('Thundercloud') launch system. 75mm and 25mm guns, 61cm torpedoes and all ASWs were also removed while a few additional 40mm mounts were added. 1 inch protective plates cover part of the deck and the superstructure near and around the launchers. Anano, Japan Experi...

Hopefully no errors... At the end of Q3, Komaki still required 2900 tons and not 5096 tons (which was what was required at the end of Q2). Also noticed that I forgot to put Fuso and Yamashiro back to the completed section in the OOB. Japan's Naval Developments - Q4/1948 A. Industrial Allocation 27/27 factories producing warship material = 27,000 t. 6 tons stockpiled materials available. 0 tons transferred to Japan. 1,031 tons from scrapping. Total materials available: 28,037 t. 27,850 t are used...

Quoted For the moment though, he contemplated the activities required to establish a new network of operatives, informants, and henchmen. Well, looking at the James Bond lists, there are plenty of potential candidates around for that new network Blofeld will be a very busy man, digging through all those applications and arranging many interviews... Blofeld: "*looks at papers* And... you are Julius No, right?" Dr. No: "Doctor Julius No. Yes. Blofeld: "And you do what exactly?" Dr. No: "I special...

October 7, 1948 Takayanagi Masao looked around the bridge of his current ship. For the 44 year old captain from Osaka, Yamato was quite different from his previous command, the battleship Nagato. It had been about a week since he had taken over command of the Yamato from Aruga Kōsaku who had been promoted to Rear Admiral last month. Aruga was familiar with Takayanagi's work aboard the Nagato and was confident that the new skipper would have no problems with the new ship under his command. "Bewar...

Quoted we like over reactions! Over reactions can cause incidents... ... maybe a certain huge and evil nation far to your east might send a submarine to the Atlantic on a mission and sink one of the vessels involved while hiding underneath the ship of another nation (kind of like Star Trek VI) to cause an incident.

Quoted from "Hood" Solvay Indupa (Indústrias Patagonicas), an Argentine subsidiary of Solvay, was formally established and opened today in Río Negro Province. It is hoped the plant will become the region’s leading local producer of chlorine, polyvinyl chloride resins and caustic soda. Isn't this bit of news related to Argentina?

Quoted others, having taken their own professional-grade photographs, quietly made their way to a rendezvous to forward intelligence to their masters. Sounds like Blofeld will have something interesting to pass on during one of his next meetings with Burcough. Quoted An intense typhoon had struck the coast of eastern Japan a day before, causing many casualties; another, less intense storm, was lashing northern Formosa and the coast of China south of Shanghai. Hadn't really paid any attention to...

Quoted The question in his mind was how best to fan the flames. Send arms, make money, watch the results. Quoted The expedition promised high adventure… Let Bruce tell us of the days of high adventure!

The Japanese Red Cross wishes to know if there is some place in or near the disaster area where their three G10N1-L transporters can land and unload goods and the rescue crews. Once unloaded, the cargo hold of these big planes could temporarily be used by a number of people to eat or sleep while protected from the elements.

Japan could send supplies and medical personnel to Argentina, though following the June 28 Fukui earthquake, supplies would be somewhat limited. Quoted As the earthquake was well inland, medical facilities aboard ships are probably of less utility at the moment The manly Atlanteans will get those ships there, even if they have to get out and push.

IC: Quoted It is Japan's opinion that the German Arbitrator ignored several key known facts when passing his judgement and disagrees with his opinion that the Zhuhai's move was "a deliberate assertion of its rights to freedom of navigation". The Zhuhai's move north was a clear move to annoy the Russians, threaten their sovereignty and espionage. Now the mission of the Zhuhai was to explore the Artic Sea and investigate whether a northern route to Europe is even possible. Now under normal circums...